Mexico’s Academy of Cinematographic Arts & Science has opted to send Pierre Saint Martin’s acclaimed debut feature “We Shall Not Be Moved’ (“No nos moverán”) to vie for the best international feature Oscar .
Produced by Varios Lobos’ Víctor Léycegui and Pablo Zimbrón, the black & white drama recently won four of Mexico’s prestigious Ariel awards: best first feature, screenplay, actress and new actor. It is also being sent to represent Mexico at Spain’s Oscar equivalent, the Goyas .
The drama follows 67-year-old Socorro, a retired lawyer who is obsessed with finding the soldier that killed her brother back in 1968 during the infamous Tlatelolco massacre. This was where university students protesting against the upcoming Olympics were gunned down by Mexican armed forces. Her relentless